AN earthquake has struck off the east coast of Japan -; just 200 miles east of Fukushima nuclear plant. The tremor is said to have measured above 6.1 on the Richter scale, according to the US Geographical Society (USGS). The American scientific agenc...

MINAMISANRIKU, Miyagi -- A ceremony marking the opening of a new town hall was held here on Sept. 3, nearly six and a half years after the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami destroyed the former town buildings, claiming the lives of 43 people....

The government will ease regulations so that passenger cars can be filled with gasoline directly from tanker trucks during disasters. The move is to prevent severe fuel shortages like the one that occurred after the Great East Japan Earthquake. ...